ecology

Pledge for change

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(Ici pour lire l’ensemble des capsules sur la COP15, incluant les versions françaises)

The delegates from 196 countries finally agreed in December 2022 in Montreal on the new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. It includes four goals and 23 targets, as the 30% of protected world’s land and water areas by 2030.

Here is my fourth and last short comic about COP15 and biodiversity.

Voici ma 4e et dernière capsule sur la biodiversité et la COP15 (click here to read the four comics).

A short comic about COP15 in Montreal, biodiversity and nature positive
A short comic about COP15 in Montreal, biodiversity and nature positive
A short comic about COP15 in Montreal, biodiversity and nature positive
A short comic about COP15 in Montreal, biodiversity and nature positive
A short comic about COP15 in Montreal, biodiversity and nature positive
A short comic about COP15 in Montreal, biodiversity and nature positive
A short comic about COP15 in Montreal, biodiversity and nature positive
A short comic about COP15 in Montreal, biodiversity and nature positive
A short comic about COP15 in Montreal, biodiversity and nature positive
A short comic about COP15 in Montreal, biodiversity and nature positive

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Offsetting as an excuse for biodiversity loss

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(ici pour la version française)

As seen in the two first comics, one of the biggest challenge of the last decades have been to balance conservation and development. It is why some «offsetting» systems have been used to compensate destruction of natural habitat. Does it work? What will say COP15 about it?

A comic about Contrecoeur Port Terminal Expansion in Montreal and the Copper Redhorse's habitat destruction.
A comic about offsetting and no net loss of fish habitat in Quebec and in Canada.
A comic about no net loss of fish habitat and wetlands with Alain Branchaud of Canadien Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)
A comic about offsetting and no net loss of fish habitat in Quebec and in Canada.
A comic about offsetting and no net loss of fish habitat in Quebec and in Canada. About biodiversity markets in California and USA.
A comic about offsetting and no net of wetlands and Western Chorus Frog habitat in Quebec.
A comic about offsetting and no net of wetlands and Western Chorus Frog habitat in Quebec.
A comic about offsetting and no net of wetlands and Western Chorus Frog habitat in Quebec.
A comic about offsetting, net gain of habitat, and COP15.

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Biodiversity is political

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(Read the first short comic about COP15 here, lisez la version française ici.)

Politics is everywhere. It is why I take the time talk about the environmental backlash that happened in USA in the 1970s and the 1980s, ending by market-oriented environmental regulations. And that impacted our way to manage biodiversity.

Short comic about COP15 on biological diversity
Anne Gorsuch, former head of EPA, about biodiversity and nature conservation

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What’s happening to biodiversity?

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(Cliquez ici pour la version française.)

I’m working for months on a graphic reportage about biodiversity conservation in the province of Québec, a project conducted with Journalisme9. Since COP15, UN conference on biological diversity, will be held in Montreal, 7-19 Dec 2022, I worked on short comics about biodiversity and environmental regulations of the last 50 years. I will also attend the COP15 for my documentary, the book coming in 2023.

Here is the first one, with some references at the end.

Short comic about COP15 on biological diversity in Montreal and history of environmental regulations
Short comic about COP15 on biological diversity in Montreal and history of environmental regulations from Nixon presidency
Short comic about biodiversity and the DDT ban

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